Performance Percussion 5 Piece Drum Kit, Blue

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For the PP300R, Performance have chosen Remo heads. This is an area that conventional budget kits often treat as an afterthought and, as the choice of head makes an enormous contribution to the sound of a drum, it´s certainly a good move. The supplied cymbals are unbelievably trashy-sounding. They are not unusable, but raising a young drummer on such sounds would surely instil in him or her a sound palette not unlike that of Terry Bozzio's. If the esteemed Mr B were to hear these cymbals while walking past your house he would probably be at your front door in the blink of a flam offering you cash for them. They're that trashy. Improving their sound even more, Performance Percussion PP300 drum kits now come fitted with Remo® drum heads! The Remo® name has been legendary in music circles for over 45 years now, for their range of high performance drum heads, which have famously been used by drummers as far apart as Ringo with The Beatles to Chad Smith with The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Software or products that include software that needs to be registered are not eligible for this 14 day return period if opened and installed, and due to hygiene reasons we can't accept certain used in-ear headphones, microphones or harmonicas. Faulty items under guarantee

The PP300R kit is sourced from China - the shell wood is unspecified but the shells are competently made. They stand at six plies deep and the bearing edges are accurately cut. Inside, the shells have been evenly sanded in a consistent manner. The steel shell of the snare drum contains four lines of beading and is polished to a shiny finish.Adjustment does give the pad more sensitivity but there is some cross-talk if taken to its maximum. The felt beater of the bass drum pedal rounded the edges off, leaving a pleasing 'dooosshhh' sound before a small towel, placed against the batter head, focused the bass enormously.

Going through the manual we find some amusing Chinese/English translation issues, ie: "Press [DRUM KIT] constantly" which actually means 'Hold down [DRUM KIT] button'. Once you suss these and other anomalies with a little common sense interpretation of your own, using the kit is actually quite intuitive.

The snare, somewhat curiously, boasted a clear batter head, and so was more open than a coated batter would have allowed. Again, a little judicious Moongel tamed the savage beast, and the thin steel shell and single-ply heads allowed it to cut through with alacrity. The drum gives a thoroughly respectable performance. Tweaking the tuning brings about a tight, punchy thud that is destined to have the neighbours banging on the wall.